Pinkston v. General Tire & Rubber Co.

Melvin Mayfield, Judge.

This is an appeal from the Workers’ Compensation Commission. At the hearing before the administrative law judge, it was stipulated that appellant sustained a compensable back injury on July 19, 1982, and that benefits had been and were continuing to be paid for that injury. The issue was whether the claimant was entitled to medical benefits and temporary total disability for each of three subsequent incidents which occurred in 1986.

The first of these incidents occurred about 9:00 a.m. on January 13, 1986. Appellant testified he got out of the bathtub and, while drying…